Sterling Dance Theatre

From the Director:

Last June, (2022), I retired and, after 33 years, closed Sterling Dance Theatre. The page will stay online for the foreseeable future to provide access to former students who may want to view the content. I wish the best for all of you! Regards, Darlene Thorne

Here's a photo of Sterling student, Krissy Ratnaparkhi's artwork displayed at Notre Dame High. I know you will excel in college Krissy!

Covid affects us all:

📸: Deep in the mountains of northern Italy, 10-year-old Fiammetta attends class, surrounded by her shepherd father's herd of goats, while schools are closed due to coronavirus restrictions. https://abcn.ws/3cZHVNZ

Shout out to former student Orlando Tercero, who is the choreographer for the Alaska Airlines drill team and starred in this Super Bowl Commercial:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?fbclid=IwAR0azryh0WfN2E7Bw071SUH436fz2Ifp51ub8EtZou7keyLVJ5IHbyw5kOg&v=b9w_paUjzKs&feature=youtu.be

Alaska Safety Dance At Alaska, we love safety so much, our employees made a music video about it. Watch the and find out how to safely get back out there in s...

We are proud to announce that one of our long-time students, Krissy Ratnaparkhi,who is a talented, award-winning artist, now is the illustrator of a published children's book on Amazon about how important it is to save the environment. Here's her link to the book:

https://www.amazon.com/Sheldon-Your-Shell-Ojaswee-Chaudhary/dp/B08J5CYH6Z

We are so proud of you Krissy!

Sheldon, Your Shell Sheldon, Your Shell

Dance isn't just about learning an art form it's also about enriching yourself as a person and growing and learning creatively; all art is:

In 2006 a high school English teacher asked students to write a famous author and ask for advice. Kurt Vonnegut was the only one to respond - and his response is magnificent: “Dear Xavier High School, and Ms. Lockwood, and Messrs Perin, McFeely, Batten, Maurer and Congiusta:

I thank you for your friendly letters. You sure know how to cheer up a really old geezer (84) in his sunset years. I don’t make public appearances any more because I now resemble nothing so much as an iguana.

What I had to say to you, moreover, would not take long, to wit: Practice any art, music, singing, dancing, acting, drawing, painting, sculpting, poetry, fiction, essays, reportage, no matter how well or badly, not to get money and fame, but to experience becoming, to find out what’s inside you, to make your soul grow.

Seriously! I mean starting right now, do art and do it for the rest of your lives. Draw a funny or nice picture of Ms. Lockwood, and give it to her. Dance home after school, and sing in the shower and on and on. Make a face in your mashed potatoes. Pretend you’re Count Dracula.

Here’s an assignment for tonight, and I hope Ms. Lockwood will flunk you if you don’t do it: Write a six line poem, about anything, but rhymed. No fair tennis without a net. Make it as good as you possibly can. But don’t tell anybody what you’re doing. Don’t show it or recite it to anybody, not even your girlfriend or parents or whatever, or Ms. Lockwood. OK?

Tear it up into teeny-weeny pieces, and discard them into widely separated trash recepticals. You will find that you have already been gloriously rewarded for your poem. You have experienced becoming, learned a lot more about what’s inside you, and you have made your soul grow.

God bless you all!

Kurt Vonnegut

Nimbus Publishing and Vagrant Press Goose Lane Editions Breakwater Books Ltd. The Acorn Press Bouton d'or Acadie Canada Council for the Arts | Conseil des arts du Canada

Update: COVID19 is up 164% as of June 28th.

I urge Santa Clara Country businesses to strictly follow the outlines in the County Health Order. I am seeing businesses reopen by "relabeling" themselves in an effort to reopen and appear "safe" in direct violation of the code. COVID19 is up 95% in the last 14 days in San Jose. Businesses, especially those that deal with children and young people, need to be responsible for their student's health and that of their families! Parents, please use common sense and keep your children home until the health code is lifted! Businesses that violate this rule need to held accountable and their "ethics" questioned.

Due to the Coronavirus and the County Health Order, Sterling will be closed until April 7th. We will provide further updates as soon as we get them. Thanks everyone for your encouragement and support! Stay healthy~stay home. :)